Traveling Cuervo

Hey, this is just a pilot episode I wanted to send to Crash Course.

Hey, so this week we are covering the Gentleman pirate, Stede Bonnet. The fashionista of the 7 seas. Tiktok/ Insta: @travelingcuervo Patreon https://www.patreon.com/travelingcuervo

Pirates. I bet we all have a similar sort of idea in our mind, something glorified by Hollywood. I tend to think of a guy with long tangled hair, loads of eyeliner, and an eyepatch. Maybe a pirate, wearing some worn down trench coat with a triangle hat cannot forget the triangle hat. Maybe I'm describing Jack Sparrow, maybe I'm describing Captain hook. But What was actually historically accurate? Sydney Yeager Stylist & Fashion Writer Tiktok & Instagram @dressedcodes

Hey guys this is actually for a presentation I have to do about economic history. I will upload a different episode later this week. Best, Valeria

We are going to be covering the history of trade. Was the free market always as popular as it is today? This podcast might be a bit random and all over the place. But promise. Next week it will all make sense. https://www.patreon.com/travelingcuervo Social Media: Tiktok, Insta, Youtube: Traveling Cuervo

This week we are analyzing what could be the start of grind culture. We are traveling back to Germany during the early 20th century to get to know Weber & the Protestant Work Ethic.

What if I were to tell you, the Renaissance never happened? Well, this week we are going to be traveling back in time to get to know the Renaissance in depth. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG35XKuSN_HOQKALH-ogIwQ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@travelingcuervo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/travelingcuervo/ Join the Crew: https://www.patreon.com/travelingcuervo

Pandemics. We are still dealing with the most recent pandemic. It is not the first and most definitely won't be the last. So what can we learn by taking an in-depth look at Our Pandemic Age: History in our present? If you would like to join the crew! https://www.patreon.com/travelingcuervo Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@travelingcuervo Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG35XKuSN_HOQKALH-ogIwQ

Since 2019, Brazil finds itself in the midst of one of its most difficult periods since the end of the military dictatorship in 1985, thanks to the inhumane policies of Jair Bolsonaro. So we are going to cover how Brazil got to the far right. https://www.patreon.com/travelingcuervo

In this week's episode, we are traveling back in time to Europe during the Enlightenment to put ourselves in the shoes of Adam Smith. We are going to learn what economists forget about Adam Smith. This episode features my history of economics Class at NYU & my professor Yanni Kotsonis Patreon https://www.patreon.com/travelingcuervo

We are traveling back to Ancient Greece to talk about why men in classical Art have small penises. Although in the modern day, the bigger is better, that has not always been the case. In Ancient Greece small junk was all the rage in Antiquity. We are going to cover male beauty standards in Ancient Greece. Patreon https://www.patreon.com/travelingcuervo

We are going to be covering the worst year in human history. It was horrendous! If you would like to join my patreon to get 2 extra episodes a month or episodes before they air: https://www.patreon.com/travelingcuervo Also here is a youtube vid if you would rather see that Worst Year In Human History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itrpQ6GItzc&t=230s

In this episode I cover the history of oil. The environmental, political and social impacts it has left the modern day.

This podcast explores the history behind Nefertiti’s bust to understand the controversies behind repatriation. Repatriation is the act of returning foreign artifacts to their country of origin. Nefertiti’s bust sits in the Noise Museum in Berlin. To examine the meaning of the bust, we must start by examining the figure the bust represents.

It seems as though no other substance occupies so much of the world’s land, for so little benefit to humanity, as sugar. Sugarcane is the world’s third most valuable crop after cereals and rice and has created a global public health crisis, which has been centuries in the making. This sweet substance has a long and tragic history. A tale we will uncover together.

It is no secret that people today love coffee. Over 2.25 billion cups of coffee are consumed in the world a day. That's over 400 billion cups a year. So let's go over a bit of the history of coffee. It is a tale of intrigue, of mystical beans, revolution yet oppression, capitalism, and industrialization. It is a bean that has completely changed the history of humanity.

Donald Trump past the executive order to make Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again. This takes us on a story of cultural appropriation and historical re imagination. If you look at Travel posters or pamphlets for Greece, you see something like travel back in time visit Greece as if when you get on an airplane you aren't only traveling through space, but time. The modern greek state capitalizing on that the past.